Indoor golf ball putting apparatus



Oct. 9, 1956 F. FORTINO 2,766,048-

INDOOR GOLF BALL PUTTING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 17, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet lOct. 9, 1956 F. FORTINO 2,766,048 INDOOR' GOLF BALL PUTTING APPARATUSFiled Feb. 17, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ZONE N92 /YE'LLOW C GREEN 20 WHITE"2,766,048 INDOOR GOLF BALL PUTTING APPARATUS Frank Fortino, Newark, N.J. Application February 17, 1954, Serial No. 410,835 1 Claim. (Cl.273-180) This invention relates to a golf game device for indoorputting, wherein strip material of raised contour is employed in a noveloutline-defined zone-scoring area indicator. More specifically, itincludes an integral 3- zone marker in which the zones decrease in areaprogressively away from the player.

The invention may be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings in which Figure of a 3-zone marker cross-sectionalFigures 4 and modifications of zone markers of the type shown inFigure 1. A putting game using the marker devices of the presentinvention is depicted in Figure 6. Similar numerals refer to similarparts in the various figures.

Referring again to on the floor in the position shown in Figure 2, sothat the edges 18 touch the floor or rug, while the arcuate hump 17serves as an area limiting means for the golf ball. The ball eitherrolls over the hump or rolls back from it, thereby al comprising threeborder-sharing interconnected zones, each diminishing in size withincreasing distance away from the player. The nearest and largest zone 3is defined by long sides 2, bottom strip 5 and shorter interconnectingsides 4, all of colored arcuate interconnected strips 16. When a golfball is putted into this zone, it brings the par score (equivalent tofour strokes).

The next succeeding zone 6 which is farther away from the player and issmaller than zone 3 in area, is defined by sides 7, 8, 9, etc., whichpreferably are made of strips 16 colored green. This zone isinterconnected with the sides of zone 3 at 14. When a ball is puttedinto this zone, it represents a birdie, or a stroke under par (3strokes).

The last and most diflicult Zone of marker into is zone 10 defined bysides 11, 12, are made of strip material 16, preferably This zone isinterconnected with zone 6 at 15, is smaller in area and is farther awayfrom the player. A ball putted into zone 10 represents an eagle, or twostrokes under par. Zones 3, 6 and 10' are equivalent zones for themarker depicted in Figure 5, while zones 3", 6", and 10" are equivalentzones for the marker shown 1 to putt 13, etc., which colored orange.

in Figure 4.

The game is played on a simulated green laid out as in Figure 6. Theplaying area of the green is outlined which preferably are of yellow2,766,048 'Patented Oct. 9, 1956 2 in a rectangular area -by straightstrips "(similar -to strip 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

ducing his score by one point). circle 21,

made, the score is an eagle (or 2) for the stroke. In other words, theplayer always plays the marker which will lower his stroke score by onepoint. If the player putts into the eagle area of marker 33, he followsby playing for the marker in the next playing zone (No. 3).

If a player misses a zone in a marker, he must play for the white circle20 to get a par score. If he fails to putt into circle 20, he has abogie l for the score (5). If the ball rolls out-of-bounds (outside ofthe straight strip markers 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, etc), theplayer must putt into the neutral circle 20 to reduce his score frombogie 2 (or 6) to bogie 1. Any balls entering small blue circles 19 areconsidered as zones-in-one. Par for the course is 72 for 18 playingFigure 6).

I claim:

An indoor golf-scoring device comprising a portable, interconnected,narrow-stri triple space-enclosing markor having a first uniplanar,convex-top strip portion constructed and arranged to enclose partially afirst relatively large space, a second uniplanar, convex-top stripportion constructed and arranged to enclose partially a secondintermediate size space and to complement, by into said large space.

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